Abstract Hardcore Gamer was a magazine by DoubleJump Publishing, founded by alumni of GameFan magazine, that covered current and retro games. Similar to GameFan, Hardcore Gamer had a special focus on import gaming and niche subgenres that received less coverage in mainstream publications, like Japanese role-playing games.The magazine ran for three and a half years on a semi-regular schedule until 2009, when publisher Tim Lindquist sold the rights to Hardcore Gamer on eBay to an unknown...